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Why is AirBnB Singled Out by Government When Web 1.0 Competitors are Ignored?

Why is AirBnB Singled Out by Government When Web 1.0 Competitors are Ignored?

Bloomberg’s Christian Thompson recently published a story on AirBnB and how it is and isn’t different than many Web 1.0 sites such as HomeExchange or HomeAway. Although only one or two lines from our discussion made the final story, the question and the answer are significant enough to share in this short post. Bloomberg: My question was why an outfit like Airbnb gets all this heat when something like Home Exchange doesn’t? My French in-laws use it all the time…